ANALYSISIn 216 patients with chronic patellofemoral pain across 10 Korean hospitals, an 8-week digital therapeutic beat education and exercise instruction on pain — by 12.5 mm on a 100 mm scale.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSIn 555,904 matched adults, screening endoscopy cut gastric cancer mortality in the 50s and 60s. Past 80, or with heavy comorbidity, the association reversed.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSA quasi-experimental analysis of 23 hospitals finds about 95 additional self-harm and suicide-related emergency visits a month after the law changed, alongside fewer psychiatric admissions.
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ANALYSISAn age-period-cohort analysis across five registries finds annual increases of 5.3% in Korea and 3.8% in Japan, against 1.6% among Japanese Americans and flat or falling rates in US White women.
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ANALYSISPhysicians editing AI drafts wrote better notes than they did unaided, and worse notes than the AI produced alone. Both directions of that result matter.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSA national insurance-claims analysis found long-term adherence far below what trial populations suggest, despite universal coverage and strict usage monitoring. The monitoring may be part of the problem.
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